Resource competition is an important factor affecting the invasion success of alien plants, and environmental factors ...

By studying tomato varieties that produce fruit in exceptionally hot growing seasons, biologists at Brown University ...

The ability to genetically engineer plants is largely thanks to a microscopic helper: a bacterium called Agrobacterium ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from ...

Thermotolerance, or the ability of a plant to withstand extreme temperatures, could be a promising way to confront climate ...

Healthy soil, the foundation of thriving ecosystems, is a complex dance between physical, chemical, and biological processes ...

Polyamines are small, ubiquitous molecules found in all living organisms, playing crucial roles in plant growth, development, ...

Researchers had given up on achieving photosynthesis in animals, Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga told Newsweek, but that didn't stop him and his colleagues.

We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, for ...

Because photosynthetic organisms are the primary producers for natural and agricultural ecosystems, plant biology research provides critical data to solve global problems such as biofuel development, ...

Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This 'shade avoidance' response has been ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells ...